The universe is big - [IMAGE]

1st off i watched all the videos and pictures and i must say my fave is the "pale blue dot". that is the very 1st time i seen a pic of earth from
that perspective. i didn't even know we had pics of earth from that far away but its absolutely breath taking.

I don't believe in god as most people, but i definitely believe in a Supreme Consciousness. I also believe that everything is connected throughout
the universe like a big spiderweb. I don't think we are insignificant. I'm a big believer in cause and affect, even on a mass scale. In other words,
do good things and those vibes are sent rippling throughout, no matter how small it may be.

The size of the universe is something i can ponder on and its like it just goes on forever. One of my fave moments was a time where me and some
friends were laying on the beach one night staring at the stars and listening to the ocean and got into this huge convo on how small we are compared
to whats out there. Our galaxy is comparable to a grain of sand.....its crazy.

and i don't understand either how people can think that we are the only planet with intelligent life. when i was in college we had to write a report
on supporting something we believed in and i did mine on the debate of life existing on other planets....i wish i still had a copy of that! anyway i
cant remember what theory it was but one of the theories is there are 3 categories of life on other planets, there are some that are just starting
like in the caveman days, then there are some with beings that are at about the same level of technology as us, and then there are those planets whose
beings are far more advanced than us. I ended up getting an A+ on my paper and im going to have to dig around and see if i can find that cause i would
def post it on this site.

Correction, the Universe isn't just big, it is infinite!
Ok maybe the known physical Universe began with the big bang perhaps,
and has some outer distance from the centre of the big bang where there are no stars or anything at all, but the space the known universe occupies
truly is infinite, never ending or beginning either in space or time!

I don't agree with "we are so insignificant". With staying in the realms of board rules and not ripping you apart for saying that, WAKE UP! We ARE
significant! That's the damn problem with this world. People thinking human life is insignificant. People take life for granted. The devil a.k.a
Satan WANTS people to think they are insignificant and in term the whole human race. Common wake up!!

The universe is God's grand present to us. We can only take peeks at it now and then. When the human race learns to get along with one another, the
universe will open it's doors to all life.

Likewise I don't entirely agree with you, I'm sure Johnsky was meaning we are so insignificant in relation to the grand scheme of things, how tiny
we are in relation to universe. Not that we are completly insignificant and what we do and how we live lives doesn't matter, because for us, if only
us, as i'm sure everyones aware it does matter.
As for the Universe being Gods present to us I have know idea what your talking about, we should learn to get along, we should aim for a utopian
society, but even if we had one the Universe isn't going to suddenly open its doors as you say, that is a ridiculous idea!

Originally posted by DarkSecret
. that's why it's hard to me to understand what's all the fuss about killing each other in the name of religion, land, money or other such
insignificant things. life is the most precious thing we have and we should treasure each beautiful moment because once it's gone it never comes
back.

Life is the least precious thing we have. Life is only Fear. The body is not alive and can never be alive. It is just an organic machine of
consciousness.

The Universe is Both Infinity Large and Infinitely Small. In Hinduism it is represented by the Dot on the forehead. It is said that the entire
Universe fits within that Dot or rather Point of Being.

from wiki:
Bindu (Sanskrit: बिंदु, Bindu) is a Sanskrit term meaning "point" or "dot". The feminine case ending is Bindi which denotes a small
ornamental, devotional and/or mystical dot that is cosmetically applied or affixed to the forehead in Hinduism.[1]

In metaphysical terms Bindu is held to be the point at which begins creation and the point at which the unity becomes the many. It is also described
as "the sacred symbol of the cosmos in its unmanifested state" [3].

I keep coming back and looking at this picture, cant get my head round it!

First time I looked at it it made me think how can their NOT be thousands of other civilizations around? Even if we havent had any contact with them
yet.. it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack, except 1000000000000000 x more difficult!

Made me think about religion as well... God created earth and we're all lucky/special little people on it, but when it comes down to it, we couldnt
actually be more insignificant in comparison with the size of the universe.

Look at our bodies. There is so much going on inside ourselves that we don't even know about or realize. That comparison of a brain cell and the
universe really blew me away. What if everything in our universe is all just apart of a larger system. Maybe that system is inside our "creator."
And perhaps, like us, the creator has no control over (or maybe is even oblivious to) our known universe and everything about it. I'm going to do
some pondering at work. Great thread and I'll be back to check it tonight!

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